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Discord Tries to Ease Cabin Fever by Increasing the Limit on Its Built-In Game Streaming Feature

With people preparing to hunker down in isolation in order to avoid the spread of covid-19, it seems Discord is hoping to ease potential cabin fever by raising the limits on its Go Live game streaming feature. In a recent blog post titled “Helping out where we can,” Discord founder Jason Citron decided to temporarily…

Games Sam Rutherford Mar 12

When Discord’s Down, All Hell Breaks Loose

Google’s suite of cloud computing services were hit with some technical difficulties most of the day Saturday that caused connectivity problems on at least one of the services dependent on it: Discord, a chat and voice platform geared towards gamers (don’t worry, it’s back up now). Now, if you don’t use Discord, you likely didn’t…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Dec 7

Major Google Outage Hits YouTube, G Suite, and Third Party Apps Including Discord and Snapchat [Updated]

Google suffered major outages with its Cloud Platform on Sunday, causing widespread access issues with both its own services and third party apps ranging from Snapchat to Discord. As of early Sunday evening, issues had persisted for hours; according to the Google Cloud Status Dashboard, the outages began at roughly 3:25 p.m. ET and were…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 2

Florida Police Make Arrest in Alleged Multi-State SIM Card Hijacking Ring

Florida police made an arrest last month in an alleged “SIM-jacking” ring, with court documents claiming the scammers involved stole SIM cards belonging to other individuals and used them to amass a small fortune. Fraudulently obtaining a victim-specific SIM card, a small smart card that associates a mobile device with a specific subscriber’s account, allows…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Aug 11

Judge Rules Discord Must Turn Over Account Data of Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville Planning Server

A subpoena against chat service Discord could reveal the identities of many of the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other far-right organizers involved in the planning of the disastrous 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in widespread violence, three deaths, and scores of injuries. Per the Washington Post, a federal lawsuit by people…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Aug 7

Tech Companies Race to Finally Enforce Policies After Charlottesville Violence [Updated]

Nearly all the major technology services we’ve come to rely on have been negligent in enforcing their own user protection guidelines. Repeated calls to act on the Terms of Service these companies outlined for themselves without any meaningful response has arguably emboldened the worst elements taking root on them—with years of simmering hatred brought to…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 17

Even Neo-Nazis Are Surprised by Trump’s Latest Charlottesville Comments [Updated]

Since the deadly gathering in Charlottesville, where torch-wielding neo-Nazis faced off against counter-protesters, the president has pinned blame for the bloodshed on “many sides.” During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump drew false equivalence between a non-existent “alt-left” and the pathetic aberrations who terrified a city, senselessly beat a man in a parking garage, and…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 15

Facebook Shruggingly Admits It’s a Tool for Propagandists

Back in January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was “quite proud of the impact that we were able to have on civic discourse,” doubling down on his stance that the rise of misinformation, spread of outright propaganda, and rapid erosion of trust in the fourth estate were anyone’s problems but his. A whitepaper from…

Social Media Avery Ellis Apr 27

Discord Has a Child Porn Problem [Updated]

In February, Gizmodo reported that many Discord users were facing abuse and were given no clear recourse. Among the issues endemic to the voice- and text-chat platform was the anonymous and unsolicited dissemination of child pornography, a problem which seems to have only gotten worse. https://gizmodo.com/how-a-video-game-chat-client-became-the-web-s-new-cessp-1792039566 Though there has been no official statement on the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 27

Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]

Last December, Edgar Maddison Welch—a 28-year-old who claims he had only recently installed an internet connection in his North Carolina home—crossed state lines with several firearms. After arriving at a Washington DC pizzeria to “self-investigate” a conspiracy theory that the restaurant was involved in a child sex trafficking ring, he fired a rifle inside and…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 24

How a Video Game Chat Client Became the Web’s New Cesspool of Abuse

Over 25 million users have flocked to Discord, a text and voice platform for gamers, since its launch in May of 2015. Despite the company raising at least 30 million in venture capital funding, the company has only five “customer experience” personnel and no moderators on its staff. From what I’ve seen, users who wish…

Tech News Avery Ellis Feb 6

Pizzagaters Invent Dumb New Conspiracy to Bolster Their Already Ridiculous Claims

Pizzagate’s days in the limelight are waning. Even Edgar Welch—the 28-year-old who entered Comet Ping Pong armed with several firearms to “investigate” the made-up child trafficking claims—has hardly been in the news lately. So it came time for Pizzagate’s trolls and true believers to invent a new conspiracy. And boy, is it ever dumb. The…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jan 17

BROTRON: Robots That Aren’t Really Robots

Click to viewThere is no bigger tease that robot art. It’s like hopping inside a Ferrari, hitting the gas and realizing that there is no engine inside. But then you remember: it’s owning a Ferrari gets you laid, not driving one. (Or so we understand). Created by Greg Brotherton, these “robots” are handmade with hammers…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 17

Discord Tries to Ease Cabin Fever by Increasing the Limit on Its Built-In Game Streaming Feature

When Discord’s Down, All Hell Breaks Loose

Major Google Outage Hits YouTube, G Suite, and Third Party Apps Including Discord and Snapchat [Updated]

Florida Police Make Arrest in Alleged Multi-State SIM Card Hijacking Ring

Judge Rules Discord Must Turn Over Account Data of Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville Planning Server

Tech Companies Race to Finally Enforce Policies After Charlottesville Violence [Updated]

Even Neo-Nazis Are Surprised by Trump’s Latest Charlottesville Comments [Updated]

Facebook Shruggingly Admits It’s a Tool for Propagandists

Discord Has a Child Porn Problem [Updated]

Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]

How a Video Game Chat Client Became the Web’s New Cesspool of Abuse

Pizzagaters Invent Dumb New Conspiracy to Bolster Their Already Ridiculous Claims

BROTRON: Robots That Aren’t Really Robots

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

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